A suite of mathematical games designed to support and engage.
Games library
cheese planet
Stack the cheese bricks in ascending order. Be quick before the cheese rots away.
Mathematical aim: number.
- Ordering whole numbers
- Up to hundreds of millions
Octopushy
Use your friendly Octopus to herd the fish into a skeleton or a castle to reach a total.
Mathematical aim: addition.
- Adding whole numbers
- Place value method (split method)
- Add to thousands
ants' picnic
Mathematical aim: multiplication.
- Multiplication: single digits, tens and hundreds
- Addition of multiples
PopUp PaintBook
Colour fractions to paint your own pop-up book.
Mathematical aim: fractions.
- Fractions of a shape
- Fractions of a group
box ladders
Rescue the stranded numbles by dragging fraction, decimal and percentage ladders.
Mathematical aim: fractions, decimals, percentages.
- Size of proper fractions
- Size of simple decimals (one decimal place)
- Size of simple percentages
Plushie Cannon
Shoot the plushie toys from the cannon to hit the target. Can you find the pattern?
Mathematical aim: patterns.
- Number patterns: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Positive whole numbers
Shape Sketch
Draw shapes to find out if you are an 'excellent' artist. Work fast to beat the clock!
Mathematical aim: two-dimensional shapes.
- Angles in degrees
- 2D shapes: triangles, quadrilaterals, rectangles, squares, rhombuses, parallelograms
- Geometrical terms: perpendicular, right-angle, acute, obtuse, reflex, isosceles, equilateral, regular
3D block builder
Can you picture things in 3D? Use blocks to build objects from their side, top and front views.
Mathematical aim: three-dimensional objects
- 3D objects
- Constructing from views
floaty farms
Attract sheep to your farm by building a field that has the right length of fence. Beware, you have a limited amount of grass.
Mathematical aim: perimeter.
- Comparing area to perimeter
floaty fences
Fence in the right amount of land to attract sheep.
Mathematical aim: area.
- Comparing perimeter to area
meltoids
Create 3D blocks out of goo to exactly match the volume of the moulds.
Mathematical aim: volume.
- Concept of volume in cubic units
giftbox balance
Mathematical aim: mass.
- Mass in grams, kilograms, tonnes
- Decimal notation
time spring
Set the alarm clocks to wake up the packages so that they get to the delivery point on time.
Mathematical aim: time.
- Analog clocks
- Time in 5, 10 and 15 minute blocks
- Duration
World of WormCraft
The worm is hungry. Follow the directions to help him find his apples and collect his funny hats.
Mathematical aim: direction.
- Arrows
- Compass (N-E-S-W)
- Grid (e.g. E6)
chance invaders
The bubbles are invading! Set the cannon to shoot the bubbles before they land.
Mathematical aim: probability.
- Likelihood
- Proportions
graph it
Turn data tables into colourful graphs before time runs out.
Mathematical aim: data.
- Picture graphs (pictograms)
- Column graphs (bar charts)
- Sector graphs (pie charts)
- Line graphs
- Scale 1-to-1 and 1-to-many
flocker
Help the farmer line up his sheep in order. Beware, some of them are negative, some are even from Ancient Rome.
Mathematical aim: number.
- Order numbers
- Positive and negative whole numbers
- Roman numerals
operation caterpillar
Turn caterpillars into butterflies by filling in the missing part of the equation.
Mathematical aim: number sentences.
- Numeric equations
- Positive whole numbers only
- Order of operations, including brackets
blob fractions
Use fractions to split the blobs into the correct sizes to balance the weight.
Mathematical aim: fractions.
- Simple fractions of whole numbers
replicons
Help the replicons on their journey by building chains of decimals to cross the pits.
Mathematical aim: decimals.
- Number line
- Count by tenths (decimal)
- Multiply simple decimals by whole numbers
Mystery Menagerie
Signal the spaceship by adding the right animals to your farm. Can you work out what each animal is worth?
Mathematical aim: patterns and algebra.
- Symbols for numbers
- Number sentences
- Whole positive numbers only
- Finding values of unknowns
Peanut bridge
Rotate and resize shapes to plug the holes in the bridge so that the elephants can reach the peanuts.
Mathematical aim: transformations.
- Enlargement
- Rotation
- Two-dimensional shapes